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Factors Influencing Career Choices

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  • Nimra Sharif

    (PhD Scholars at IoBM, Karachi)

  • Nawaz Ahmad

    (Assistant Professor at IoBM, Karachi)

  • SamiUllah Sarwar

    (PhD Scholars at IoBM, Karach)

Abstract

Almost every individual is to face the challenge of the occupational choice problem at one or another time.However, students are particularly to encounter such problem while the selection of study programmes.It is widely believed, particularly by students, that selection of study programmes is the major factor, which leads the students to struggle for their desired future career.This study attempted to explore the roles of mothers, fathers, tutors, future income, future status, and societal diff erence by labelling all of such factors as Infl uencers on the career choice of young students.From this perspective, crosssectional data based on primary data collection was gathered from diff erent university students based in Karachi via a developed questionnaire and through nonprobabilistic convenience sampling.The gathered data was, subsequently, analyzed through one sample ttest and one way repeated Measure ANOVA by employing SPSS statistical package.The result of the study highlighted the relative importance of various career choice infl uences& that averages of variables of infl uence are statistically diff erent F 4.215, 699.727= 27.405, p

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  • Nimra Sharif & Nawaz Ahmad & SamiUllah Sarwar, 2019. "Factors Influencing Career Choices," IBT Journal of Business Studies (JBS), Ilma University, Faculty of Management Science, vol. 15(1), pages 33-45.
    • Handle: RePEc:aib:ibtjbs:v:15:y:2019:i:1:p:33-45
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.46745/ilma.ibtjbs.2019.151.3
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    1. Swaha Bhattacharya, 2013. "A Study On Parental And Social Influence On Career Choice As Engineer," Working papers 2013-6-3, Voice of Research.
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    1. Sumaira Kayani & Humaira Kayani & Khisro Kaleem Raza & Saima Kayani & Weijian Li & Michele Biasutti, 2022. "Interpersonal Factors Affecting Adolescents’ Career Exploration in PAKISTAN," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(13), pages 1-12, June.

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